Wall covering



Feb. 25, 1936. l f J.' L TUTH|LL v Zg@ WALL COVERING Filed June l1, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR J. L. TUTHILL Feb. 25, l936.

WALL COVERING 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 11, 1952 INVENTOR Patented Feb. 2.5, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WALL COVERING Jay Lloyd Tuthill, Dormont, Pa.

Application June 11, 1932, Serial No. 616,639

10 Claims.

My invention relates to wall covering material employed in the erection of the exterior Walls of buildings.

One object of my invention is to provide a Wall covering material which will serve as a -means for quickly and accurately positioning the brick in the outer wall of a building. y

Another object of my invention is to provide means for rigidly holding the brick in vertical` position in a wall and at the same timer having each brick partially supported by the bricks below it.

Another object of my invention is to provide a resilient sheet of wall covering material which has a plurality of uniformly spaced troughs, the troughs being narrower at their entrance or top than at the base, thereby securely holding the bricks of. the wall by tongues or lugs projecting from the bricks for that purpose.

Still another object of -my invention is to provide a large number of alternate air spaces between the wood planks of the inner Wall and the sheet metal lath that supports the brick thereby tending to' make the building cooler in summer and warmer in winter and to prevent sweating of the wall.

Another object is to provide a Water proof wall.

A further object of my invention is to eliminate load-bearing masonry walls of usual construction thereby largely eliminating the usual masonry foundation while retaining the fire proof and decorative quality of a brick Wall.

Still a further object of my invention is to p-rovide a Wall covering which will permit flexibility in design without alternating the construction of. the brick or the metal lath by the useof a header or stretcher Awhich may be employed at will according to the design of masonry. e

Briefly speaking, my invention comprises providing sheets of corrugated steel or other material, in which a large number of U shaped troughs are pressed.

Bricks which are provided with lugs or tongues are superimposed one upon another and the lugs pressed into the U shaped trough to hold them in xed position. Y For a better understanding of my invention reference may be made to the accompanying drawings.

Sheet l of the drawings illustrates one form of my invention.

Fig. I of which is a View, in side elevation, of a Wall constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figs. II and III are sectional Views taken along the lines II-II and III-III, respectively, in Fig. I of the drawings.

Figs. IV, V and VI are views in plan, side elevation and end elevation, respectively, of a brick construction in accordance with my invention and adapted to t in the wall covering of Fig. I.

Fig. VII is a view, in perspective, of the corner of. Wall constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. VIII is a plan View of the corner of the wall illustrated i Fig. VII of the drawings.

Figs. IX, X and XI are views in plan, side elevation and end elevation of a brick construction in accordance with my invention adapted to fit in the wall covering at the corner of the Wall.

Sheet 2 illustrates two modified forms of my invention.

Fig. XII is a View, in side elevation, of a modied form of my invention and Fig. XIII is a cross sectional view taken along the line XIII- XIII in Fig. XII.

Fig. XIV is a view, in side elevation, of a third modied form o f my invention and Fig. XV is a cross sectional view taken along the line XV-XV of Fig. XIV. Figs. XVI and XVII are two views of an end brick or corner block constructed in accordance with my invention.

Referring to Figs. I, II and III of the drawings, a building I only a portion of the inner Wall 2 of which is illustrated, comprises a plurality of Wooden planks 3 to which is fastened a corrugated wall covering 4 by means of a plu- A building block or brick 'I which is provided with a tongue or lug 8 (see Figs. IV, V and VI) is a-dapted to be tted into the trough 6. It will be noted upon examination of Fig. II of the drawings that the top of each U shaped trough 6 is. narrower at the topof trough than at the bottom of trough 6. The purpose of this shape of the trough 6 is to securely position the tongue 8 of brick 1 therein. Mortar S is employed to bind the bricks 1 and the corrugated wall covering 4 in one rigid mass. tively small grooves I3 are provided in the covering 4 to permit the uniform flow of the mortar 9, or other fluid, over the inner surface of the trough 6, then the brick 'I is pressed in position therein. These grooves I3 are illustrated only in Fig. I.

The corrugated wall covering 4 is so shaped that intervening air spaces III are formed between adjacent troughs or containers 6 thereby tending to reduce the conduction of heat from the A plurality of relai.

bricks 'I to the wooden planks 3 of the inner wall 2 or vice versa. This method of construction of the brick will aid in keeping the house cooler in summer and warmer in winter.

It will be noted upon examination of Fig. II of the drawings that the bricks 'I are largely supported by the wall covering 4, which transmits the load to the wooden planks 3. This construction also causes the bricks I with their tongues 8 in conjunction with the corrugated wall covering 4 and mortar 9 to form an arch over each of the air spaces I thereby giving greater resisting strength to external pressure upon the bricks 'I.

Any surface design of a brick wall may be reproduced by means of the above construction, for example, a course of brick with alternate headers and stretcher may be placed at any course desired by the builder.

Referring to Figs. VII and VIII of the drawings, corrugated wall covering II which is L shaped is securely nailed to the wooden planks 3 at the corner of the building I. Each of the corrugated wall coverings I I is provided with a trough or container 6 in each part of the L.

An L shaped brick I2 having a tongue or lug 8 in each leg of L are so shaped as to fit in the corresponding trough or container 6 of the corrugated wall covering II. These specially constructed bricks I2 provide means for erecting the corner of the building I.

Referring particularly to Figs. XII and XIII of the drawings, the building I only la. portion 2 of which is illustrated, comprising aV plurality of wooden planks 3 to which is fastened a corrugated wall covering I5 by means of .a plurality of nails 5. The wall covering I5 is made of some resilient metal, such, for example, as steel and has a number of troughs I6 therein in which the side walls I'I of the troughs I5 slope inwardly towards the top to make an angle of 60 with the base of each trough and to make the top or entrance of the trough narrower than the base.

A brick I8 is provided with a tongue I9 which is so designed that the tongue I9 will loosely fit in one of the troughs I6 of the corrugated wall covering I5. The tongue I9 of the brick I8 has about one-eighth (1/3) inch clearance on each side as it is pushed into the top or entrance of the trough I6. Y

'Ihe brick I8 is provided with two rounded edges 20. Cement or mortar 2I is iirst placed in the trough I6 of the corrugated wall covering I5 and the bricks I8 are then pushed perpendicularly in position. When the cement or mortar 2| has hardened an arch is formed by each two bricks I8 and the intervening cement 2I over the raised portion of the corrugated wall covering I5. The mortar or cement 2l which is between the bricks I8 cannot drop out because of its wedge like shape due to the shape of the rounded edges of the bricks I8.

The hardened cement or mortar 2| which is between the side walls I1 of the wall covering I5 and the sides of the tongue I9 of the brick I8 also acts like a wedge to prevent the withdrawal of the brick I8 from the trough I6.

Referring to Figs. XIV and XV of the drawings, the same type of wall covering I5 is employed as illustrated in Figs. XII and XIII, but the brick 24 differs in its shape from the brick I8'previously illustrated.

The brick 24 is provided with a face portion 25 and two flanges or projecting portions 26 which form a central cavity 21. The brick 24 iits over the top of the corrugated wall covering I5 and is maintained in position by the cement or mortar 28 that forms a wedge between the side walls II of the corrugated wall covering I5 and the sloped inside wall of the flanges 26 of the brick 24.

This type of construction permits the cement or mortar 28 to be more deeply recessed between the bricks 24 than the construction illustrated in Figs. XII and XIII.

The corner brick 29 illustrated in Figs. XVI and XVII is employed at the corners of buildings when thel construction illustrated in Figs. XII and XIII is employed. It has substantially the same cross section as the brick I8 illustrated in Fig. XIII. The only difference in the brick 29 is that it has two outer faces at right angles and the tongue 30 is curved at the elbow of the brick 29.

While I have shown my invention in its preferred form, it is apparent that minor modications may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention, I desire therefore to be limited only by the scope of the following claims.

What I claim as my invention'isz- 1. A resilient sheet of wall covering having ra plurality of uniformly spaced rectangular troughs therein,y each trough being of substantially U shaped cross section laterally and having Vboth ends of the trough sloping upwardly and out'' wardly.

2. A sheet of wall covering having a trough pressed therein provided with a plurality of rela.- tively small grooves therein to permit flow' of fluid over the inner surface of said trough.

3. The combination with a sheet of resilient wall covering material having a trough therein, the base o-f said trough being narrower than the top, of a building block provided with a tongue for mounting said block in said trough said tongue being adapted to be pressed perpendiculaily into said trough and hardening material for locking said block in said trough. A

4. The combination with a sheet of resilient wall covering material having a trough pressed therein, said trough being provided with two side walls, of a building block provided with a tongue adapted to t loosely in said trough and mortar placed in said trough to form a keystone construction between said tongue and said side walls of said trough.

5. The combination with a sheet of resilient wall covering material having a troughl pressed therein, said trough being approximatelyl of U shaped cross section with the top of said trough narrower than its base, of mortar placed in said trough, and a brick provided with a tongue adapted to be pressed perpendicularly in said trough and held in position by said mortar forming a wedge between said tongue of said brick and the top of said trough. y

6. The combination with an inner wall of a building, of a sheet of resilient wall covering material having a plurality of rectangular troughs spaced both longitudinally and transversely pressed therein and fastened to said wall, said troughs having sloping side walls, a plurality of building blocks provided with tongues having sloping sides which are substantially parallel to the side walls of the trough, and cement for filling the opening between the side walls of the trough and the sides of the tongue of said bullding block, 5 Y

7. The combination with an inner wall of a building, of a sheet of wall covering having a plurality of troughs and raised portions pressed therein and fastened to said inner- Wall, and a plurality of bricks provided with two flanges'for tting over the raised portions of said wall covering and cement to form a wedge between said flanges of said brick and said raised portions of said wall covering.

8. The combination with an inner wall of a building, of a sheet of wall covering material attached to said inner wall and having a plurality of parallel troughsjand an intervening raised portion, each of said troughs being provided with inclined side wallsfa building block provided with inclined flanges andv adapted to span said raised portion of said sheet with said flanges tting in adjacent troughs and a hardening material between said ilanges and said side walls to lock said block securely on said sheet.

9. The combination with an inner wall of a building, of a sheet of Wall covering material mounted thereon and having alternately reversed troughs therein with inclined side walls, each of said troughs being' narrower at its topy than at its base, a building block having two oppositely disposed inclined flanges, said block being adapted to span the distance between corresponding troughs and one of said flanges to fit in one of said troughs and the other of said anges in the next corresponding trough and binding material adapted to form a wedge between said flanges of said block and the corresponding side walls of said trough.

10. The combination with a sheet of wall covering material having a plurality of troughs with sloping side walls pressed therein, said sheet being bent to form a dihedral angle, of an L shaped building block having a plurality of tongues with sloping side walls corresponding to the side walls of said troughs adapted to be pressed perpendicularly in said corresponding troughs and a hardening material for securely fastening said tongues in said troughs by forming wedges between the corresponding side walls of the tongues of said blocks and the side walls of the troughs.

J. LLOYD TUTHILL. 

